CRM-M-40861-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 145 CRM-M-40861-2026 Date of decision: 27.07.2026 KULWANT SINGH ... PETITIONER Versus STATE OF PUNJAB … RESPONDENT CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S. GREWAL Present:- Mr. Naveen Kuhad, Advocate for Mr. P.K.S. Phoolka, Advocate for the petitioner. *** H.S. Grewal, J.(Oral) 1. This petition has been preferred by the petitioner under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 (erstwhile Section 482 Cr.P.C.), seeking quashing of the order dated 17.04.2026 (Annexure P-2) passed by the learned Judge, Special Court/ASJ, Bathinda in case SC-207-2021, in FIR No.0176 dated 30.09.2020 registered under Sections 379, 379B IPC (now Sections 303(1), 303(2) of BNS, 2023), at Police Station Kotwali Bathinda, District Bathinda, whereby the bail and surety bonds of the petitioner were ordered to be forfeited and non-bailable warrants had been issued against him. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the trial Court has erred in cancelling the bail and forfeiting the bail bonds of the petitioner as no prior notice or an opportunity of hearing was granted to him. He further submits that the impugned order (Annexure P-2) has been passed in a mechanical manner and is, therefore, unsustainable under the law. Learned SONIA GUGNANI 2026.07.27 17.50 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh CRM-M-40861-2026 -2- counsel also submits that the petitioner undertakes to appear before the trial Court concerned on each and every date and would not absent himself without prior permission of the trial Court. It is, therefore, prayed that the petitioner may be permitted to surrender before the learned trial Court to attend the trial proceedings continuously and the impugned order may be set aside. 3. Notice of motion. 4. On the asking of the Court, Mr. P.S. Pandher, AAG, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through the case file. 6. In view of the facts and circumstances of this case, this Court does not find any legitimate ground to interfere with the impugned order. However, liberty is granted to the petitioner that in case, he surrenders before the trial Court within 07 days and moves an application for grant of bail, the same shall be considered and decided by the trial Court within a period of 03 days of filing of the said application in accordance with law. 7. With these observations, the present petition stands disposed of. (H.S. GREWAL) JUDGE 27.07.2026 Sonia Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No SONIA GUGNANI 2026.07.27 17.50 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh